Ana de Jesús Marín de Giraldo uses a stick to help shape the tripeperro basket.

Photo by Amulya Mandava, Smithsonian Institution

Ana de Jesús Marín de Giraldo stands near the coffee basket that she weaves with local vines.

Photo by Cory Grace, Smithsonian Institution

Ana de Jesús Marín de Giraldo.

Photo courtesy of Embassy of Colombia in Washington, D.C.

A visitor observes Ana de Jesús Marín de Giraldo while she weaves a coffee basket in the tripeperro tradition.

Photo courtesy of Embassy of Colombia in Washington, D.C.

Ana de Jesús Marín de Giraldo works on a basket, generally used for coffee harvesting in the Coffee Triangle.

Photo by Rebecca Weil, Smithsonian Institution

At the age of seventeen, Ana de Jesús Marín learned how to weave baskets from her uncle Juan Gregorio, a well-known Filandia master weaver. She knows the entire process from harvesting to drying and processing locally grown vines. She is a member of the Association of Artisans of Filandia (Asociación de Artesanos de Filandia).